Accession Number:

AD0813229

Title:

PROJECT AMPIRT. ARPA MULTIBAND PHOTOGRAPHIC AND INFRARED RECONNAISSANCE TEST

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept. 30 Mar 1964-1 Jan 1965 on Phase 1

Corporate Author:

CORNELL AERONAUTICAL LAB INC BUFFALO NY

Personal Author(s):

• Rinaldo, John D.
• McMichael, Bryce D.
• Walker, John E.

Report Date:

1965-10-15

Pagination or Media Count:

119.0

Abstract:

The objective of Project AMPIRT ARPA Multiband Photographic and Infrared Reconnaissance Test is to accomplish a cooperative ARPAAir ForceC0- contractor program to study the use of multiband aerial photographic and full spectrum infrared sensors in detecting target clues in a counter insurgency COIN environment. The report contains a summary of test plans, a description of the synthesis of the photographic system, the results of camera and photometric equipment calibrations, and a report on Zone of the Interior ZI test results which demonstrated acceptable performance of the system.

Descriptors:

• *AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
• *AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE
• *INFRARED EQUIPMENT
• *MULTIBAND SPECTRAL RECONNAISSANCE
• AERIAL CAMERAS
• AIRCRAFT
• BANDSTOP FILTERS
• CALIBRATION
• COUNTERINSURGENCY
• DETECTION
• DIELECTRICS
• FLIGHT TESTING
• GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
• MAINTENANCE
• NARROWBAND
• PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
• PHOTOINTERPRETATION
• PHOTOMETERS
• SURFACE TARGETS

Subject Categories:

• Cartography and Aerial Photography
• Unconventional Warfare
• Infrared Detection and Detectors

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE